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pM THE NEWS. - ■■■-—. ■ ■ —— ■ ‘ *+ \> ash inoton. He:; 29. t jj* T'ir ion for T<uw f .<> -i >i: -sio nts to ink*- place on Monday next. Evny oil, l iztrn is, no doubt, duly sensible of the i.uport w 10 have proper persons to manage nur town r, met-ms. J’ mum l>c acknow ledgt u that s. tu-g. lect of duly, on the part ts tlieCi.mmissictu-rs, ir.usi be a Util Ad wilh the most injurious con sojuenre®, and that dilipent and cartful i.ffi cers would, by wholesome ordinance*,efterea'-e tbe In alilifulnesa of ‘lit Town, and contribute to better the comfort and peace of the inhabit, tintt*. The Public Square must draw the at. tentionuf thr citiz. na :it requires some labor to put it in {food order.—Tite streets arc d.s apreeable in rainy weather : with tome repairs and a - very liule'expcnse, they tnipht be made passable Dangerous obstacles to foot pas>en- H c, h sre fr (ji.cully to be met w itb in t tie s’ ten > ias fire Wood, lumber, S.c— The re .ula t n Wldcli it is ilie the duty of the Town Marshal to see strictly observed, are neglected . and on public days, the peace o( the Town isdistmbul. Jh a proper si lection ofulficer*, next Monday, Inis town would, in a very short tirr;e, have an other appearance : aid order, cleanliness, and pence, would call lor the warmest thank* of the inhabitants to the Commissioners, for their exertions to obtain those desirable objects. B\NIC STATE op GEORGIA. Principal items oftlre statement of the Bank mtd its Branches, la,d before the Legislature, Sensiou of 1820 Amount of issues of the Bank and Ih anroes, &. ever in circulation 3,3/2,fi00 Amount of specie. 35-, yg.j tea iri circuiatinh 795.808 Pn.fits for the last 6 months past 49 875 Itue by other barks 45 •j(;4 Mutes of other hanks 108,157 Amount of real estate 197 459 A mourn of notes discounted 2,002 29 7 Amount of no.es m suit and princi pally secured by mortgage 314 156 D posits of individuals 317,454 Deposi's by the S ate f2 81 ‘I othe credit*)! ml r banks 225 801 No e of the Bunk t .Jc.cn in and lying idle in the vaults of the Bank k its Blanches 2,570,752 1U the above statement it appears that the Jlauk, ami i B’iinclies, has to redeem, the imt. s in circulation—deposits of individuals d posits by the Bta'e- and what is to the or. d i’ ol iv her banks,amopn’ ing in u!) to, 1 489.937, in specie—due bv otlwr banks- notes of other banks—real estate—amount of notes discount, cd—amount of notes in suit, amounting in all to 3,09(3 24~ Prom ‘illicit latter sum deduct the capital stork 1 >OO 000 it remains 1,598 247 to meat the sum of 1 489 537 wi'hout the Cpi'al s'oek ; and there >s left a protT balance , 0f'106.310 in favor of ‘he Bank, which, if it w;i S i *w to close is concerns, Would have to be di- Mridcd amo"g the stuck Inlets, provided no Boss would be sustain si insolvency of ■Pbflhodebtors„!>!„• H K .\and wli.cli w ould a dividend of 7 percent on the whole stock. h>y rrliminary rneafuw taken be ■■l* f'Til.cutt can he finally admitted be Union, have given rift- to the Hpcuhion of n'any important quelt BTons The quelhon under conft.lera Btion at the laR fofsion of Congress, ■va* whether the National Legislature llud, by the Conlliiurionfthe power to it a condition far the erection of into the Ulilon, that sla fhoud b.- ahol lhed. By a com HBonufe of the cor.tt'iuiiiig parties, for jgVri againlt the queflton, an act was to auihotizc Mihouti Territory no form a Conflitution and Stale Gov I eminent, without, in fac>, deciding ’ that question either rr the afivmative or negative. An other queltion of as nruch importance has to be decided by Congress at the prefeut session : whether a certain clause in the coiilii tuiipn of Mifoouu is, or is not rcjitig uant to the conllitution of the United States. I t the conflitution of the United States, Art 4, Sec 3, it is (aid that “New Hates mav be admitted by the Congress into the Union \ but no new Bates shall be formed or created with in the jurisdiction of any other (late ; nor any ft3te be formed by the junc tion of two or more Hates, or part of Hates, without the consent ol the legig latures of the Hates concerned as well as of the Congref-. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territo ry or other property belonging to the United States > and uoihu*£ in this CGruVi'ution shall bo ib ionflrued as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or any particular Ratts.” Can Mifeouri be now considered as an independent Rate, though not a member of the Union ? Accotdmg to the construction wegive to that part cf the constitution of the r J. State:, above cited, we fay ihe can ; and hav ing complii c! with the p ovisicn.. of the act pafied by Cotigrels, she is, to all intents and purposes, an independ ent Rate, posses ing the right to go vern herlelf agreeably to her constitu tion, and the laws enacted under it. Missouri, while a territory, could not be admitted into the Union } she must be a fta'e, .i independent ftae to come under that provision of ihe conftitu tion which fays that “ New states may be admitted into the Union” This ciaufe could not allude to terutoiics then within the jurisdiction ot the U Sia’es, nor to any part of the whole tenitory of the thirteen United States, becr.ufe in the famefectionof the con dilution it is provided tha: no new Hatea shaft, be formed or erected with in the juii-d ction cf any other (late without ihe consent cf the legislatures of the Rates concerned and of Con grtfs: Thjn the fir ft part of that fic tion had only in view new indeper.d ot Rates. It is contended that Mifiouii was a territory, and came under that part of the Conßitution which says that “The Congress (hall have power to tlifpofe ol and make all needful rules and reir ulations refpccring the territory or o ther property belonging to the United Siatesand that, cot fcquently, the Congress has the power to admit any part of the territory into the Union, under such restrictions they may thi k proper to ini pose, 33 a condition fur admifiion into the Union This ic an erroneous pofiition: It has been ad mitted, when Louisiana was purchas ed, that Congress h.d the power to encreafe the territory of ille United States by acquisition or treaty • and with it tfie power todifpofeof any ter ritory belonging to the United States it given by the Constitution. ‘lhtc, if the Congress pofiefs those powers, they exeicifed them in authorizing a territory to form a constitution and State Government} ar.d by so do rg.inqukhert the the United State# had on that territory I his was done, with regard to Mu fotin Territory, at the laR sis ion of Congress Now the independent (late of Missouri, applies for admission into the Union, agreeable to the conftitu lion of the United States. In difpes rng of that territory, Congrefi imposed certain conditions, the performance of which entitled the territory to ihe rank cf a Icvereign Rate, and to an admiflj on into the Union. M.ff.iuriha’- com plied with those conditions which, an thonzing her to form a Constitution & State Government, were imposed to enable her to erect herself as an inde pendent Rate ; and the question is whether Ihe has performed those ditiotib which entitle her to an tion into the £/:iion on an tqual foot ing with the oilier ittaiC3. The great cppohtiou to the consti tut ion o! Missouri, is that ciaufe which requires the Legislature to nafs laws tg proh.bit the Tettiement of fre| ne * gtoes in that Rate. That is contended, fi comrary to the conftvu non of die United States. But, as we have said lall. week, that part of the Conßitution of the United States is on ly applicable to thole petfons who in what Rate soever they may be born, would be considered as citizens in any of ihe Rates, and not to that ciafs of people ei joving privileges in one Rate which they can not m another. Those hoßile to the c<#ftirution of Mifiouri fay: as the constitution of rhe United States declares that “the citizens ot each Rate fliail be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the fevtral Rate,” it is a vi olation of that conlfitution, to prevent a certain ciafs of men to exercise all the rights enjoyed by the American citizens, and that the Conßitution did not, or intended to, make a distinction between the color of the inhabitants cf the United States. To such argu ments we will oppose the Conßitution of fevetal Rates, iotroed before the a deption of the present Conßitution of the United States, in which a patticu. lard 1 dine tion of color is made, which nud have been known bj theie who signed that document: We will op pose the very act of Congrtfs, p,if ed latt fifiion, authorizing the people of Mificuri to form a conO.itmi.cn and State Government. In that act, feet. 3, it is expnfslv said “ ‘l'hat all free •while nw!e citizens cf the United Stales, who shall have arrived at the age cf twenty one years, and have re dded in said territory three months previous to the day of election, and all other persons qualified to vote for re prefematives to the General Afsembiy of the said territory, {hall b** qualified to be elected, and they are hereby qualified and au-nofizod to vote, and choose representatives to fr.-m aeon V-fiticn, fie” Are net the peopleef color, by thi3 law. prehibi ed to vote ? and by a law of Congrefa too ! What arguments, then, can be produced to ptove that the clause objected to in the constitution cf Mifsouii, is rcpu k ’Manr to that cf the f/.iitcd States, when by the law, which gave the people of that tetri-ory the authority to form aeon ftitution, the important privilege of voi ng was given to only one ciafs of men -he free white male citizens cf tlit U.ited S ates, to the exclusion cf all othei clafie. ? How can ihe repie sentatives in Cmgrefs, from New. York particu'arly, reconcile their op position to the ciaufe in the conftitu tion cf Missouri, with the law inqie: tiou ? How can they prove tha. the pto,iic of color :n New Ycrk, having the privilege of vering, mud exetede lhat privilege in Mis curi ? Th'-yap peal to th“ co- ftiturioo of the U ited State:-} but v, hy ha-- cor g fs nude such a diflinctivn in the color of uk electors ; Congrtfs thought then that tins difiinction was conftitotiolial. Those who were in fever of the Re ft fiction, ’alt It flton, finding that Mis fouri had complied wi'h the act, r.u thonzing the people to form a conlfitu ticn, which is founded orj as pure re publican principle!... as any of the other hates, they, in spite cf their ovrn con viction, exert all their ing-enuiiy to ptove that the con ftitution of Mif-ouri is in conflict with that of tlx Uni ed Stater., when a char and fubltantial evidence to the contrary, ft are.-them in the face, i bre is an irtcctfillen cy in their leg! 1 lative conduct which it will be very d.f'icult for tlwm to je. over in an honorable wav. However, it it hoped that &uch an accusation wid not nave to be aiicdged sgaii.ft Con gtefs 33 a body. Since writing the above, the rr-folu tion to admit Mifscuri inro the U n pahed the Senate by a deci- ive n aj ,ri ty, and rejected in the IT. u e of Re prefintaaves, by a nmj >riry of J 4 votes The House will have to acr cn the re foiution, as parsed by the Senate, with the amendment of r.ir Eaton, Congressional Frocstdings IN T SENATE. Monday, Dec. 11 The following amendment to the reeolution for ad mining the State of Mifeouri into rhe U ton, fubmuted by Mr.. JZattn, cf I’eun and rejected by the Senate, in commi'tee of the whole, was adopted ‘* Provided That nothing heiein contained hall be so confti ued as to give the afient of Congress to any prn v ‘ s -oa in the cotiftitution cf Tvlifeouri, it,any such there be, which conrra vehe-. that claufc in the con It tuition ot the Hinted State, which declares that the citizens of each Rate : hall be en titled to ail the privileges at:d immuni ties of citizens in the several lliatec.” The question was taken cn ordet ing the resolution, as amended, to be engrof-ed and read a third time, and was decided in the affirmative by yeas andnays. Yea 26 —Nays 18. i uesday, Dec. 12 Ihe resolution declaring the consent of Congress to the admission of the (late of Mif-ouri into the Uiioa, was read a third time, palsed, and sent to the House of Re prefenraiivcs for concurrence. Wednesday, Dec. 13 The en. grcf.ed bill for the relief of the offi cers, volunteers, and rangers, engaged in the Seminole war, was read the thiid time, pafscJ, and sent to the o ther house lor concurrence. House of Represen't atives. Thursday, Dec. 7. Mr. Csbb, gave notice of his intention, so soon as the queltion now under consideration in committee of the whole, should be finally disposed of, to cull for the ccn sideration of his propo.iticne plating a retrenchment of the expense* of the government Wednesday, D.c 13 The resolu. tion from the Senate, ‘‘declaring rha ad mil ion of ihe ftae of Missouri into the Uiion,” ua read the firft time a do.de ed to lie on the table, 1 tie House relumed tha cotifi Jera ti n . f the resolution declaring the ad riiilr.ton of the Hate cf Mis ouri into the Uaion Afier fo-ne members liai ddiveied their femimentson the resc lution, the quell ion was taken on or dering the re -oiution to be engrofed, iSt retd a thiid time, and duntied iii the negative by yea!, c: c?ys. Yeas 79 Mayo y Bdr.l> cf ihe United States . A document v. a on Saturday trons ir.t red to the Hou e of Rt-piVfenta -1 vei,, tn cbedici’ce to 2 resolu ion of ‘hat Louse, which will be of “articti hi imert-ft to many of cur readers, aid 1 so far cf general inrereft. as'die country ss inreretted ’ ’ the liability of lie ihok of ihe Z 7 .ited btates, & a. t, ha been aid be a femes of revenue to the u tired Bra r es, though a very unproh abie concern, so far, for those who thought them,-elves for tunate in subscribing for the flock at it par V2.u- . I is the return made •o the Freefury Department of the * ieneiai Sfaiement of the Bank of the Unted S aies'and its branches, for N jvtmbsr l tH, being the iateil re ceiveu Intending to pubiith the whole fia erru-nt a,, soon a we can obtain a copy ot it i-s leading features only wiil be the sulject of the present no tice. ‘ 1 lie (D’a* amount cf bill, and notes di emitted a he Bank ar.d its 1 slices, n5692 i. 49 dollars. T.\e Bills of Exchange,. foreign and and .rneftic, are Hated at 1,i55,7.57 dollars. The amount of fu’ided debt of the lj tiled Sta'e ( a > u ) belonging to the Ba k i 9, S7 (50-1 echars besides 2 iß,o(jt) oi J.< u’ ia-. a 54 per cent. Mi e i due from the S‘ate Banks 2 oes 096 da 1 . and there is due tj them l,i 7A 905 dollars. Ihe deposits cf the T e?fu?er ct the United S;ate a r e 547 706 dolfasc; th 1 0-1 account of public ctficerr, jp’ * oen account of individunh^k. a 791- L 6 . —making a total of 6 149,* doi.as s. 1 i:e item cf *• Diecotin* ExrJiangs and latetefl” i.- fta td a G 45 723 doi- a ‘t, and (ha: of •• Piofit and ios.s and c m ingenr iintreft,” is Hared at 2 663,- 244 dollars. On the cppe>i e ide we rind the dthl from certain ind viduala in Bali<n-O',e Hated at I 540 000 dol lar ; the “ teat efiat’ e permanent en peiiL-e. and bonu ” at ! 593 47 do!- lats; “ tleticiencieo;” at ‘JIO 44.5 do!- 13 s, and i.naller items. ihe am unt of •-p.ccie on hand is very large, bcinc; 6 051,499 dollars, bendes t>7 i .1)00 dolfori i.. a courfo c£ remittance or tfanrmifoien. Ihe amount of Bmk and Branch Notes is ft nted, at 1 1 62 • 380 ; the amount thereof on hand a’ 6 29 5 992 leaving for -he amount of notes :a cl.culanc.ll the difference betweeothele two iunis. Ihe docurnenr at large shall be. out idled on Thursday nest. The bove, it v/ill be observed, are particu ais gatb.ered from the Haretner-ts, a general v.ew cf the whole of which, only can an accurate id.aof the busiuefo and Hate cf the Bunk. FROM THE PHILADELPHIA SEN TIN EL. Extract of a letter, dated Washington* Nov. 23, !820. I believe the fpeaker of the House 13 as much puzzled to find nit-u sufficiently acquainted v/Th busmeis to put on committees, as any uae ever puzz ed to find cu: a riduie or conundrum. Nearly iiL’o thirds of rhe meir.beis of the house are lawyers who have never been taught anything but to reed law, craw writs, quibble up on words, and try to make white paper biz* k, or black white. They ate for tiie most part, as ignorant ot commerce, manufactures, agri culture, foreign or naval, or miii- tary affairs, public land3, roads, canals, pensions, finance, Indian